Headnote

CLEVELAND COUNTY, situated on the southern boundary of North Carolina. Area, 550 square miles. Seat of justice, Shelby. Pop. in 1850, 10,396. (Fanning's, 1853)

Place Unit Type
County
Containing Unit
North Carolina

Cleveland County, North Carolina (Fanning's, 1853)

Gazetteer/Almanac
CLEVELAND COUNTY, situated on the southern boundary of North Carolina. Area, 550 square miles. Seat of justice, Shelby. Pop. in 1850, 10,396.
Fanning's Illustrated Gazetteer of the United States.... (New York: Phelps, Fanning & Co., 1853), 84.
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